RNLB ''H F Bailey'' (ON 694) was the second lifeboat at

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in the county of

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The Cromer Lifeboats, by Bob Malster & Peter Stibbons,:Poppyland Publishing, to bear the name of H F Bailey. She replaced ''H F Bailey'' (ON 670) which had been stationed at Cromer until 1924. In 1936 she became the station's reserve lifeboat and was renamed ''J B Proudfoot''.

Description

The lifeboat was built by J. Samuel Whites at Cowes in the

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in 1923.''Cromer Lifeboats 1804–2004'', She was a Watson-class lifeboat and had a length of and breadth of . She was powered by a single Weyburn 80 hp petrol engine.

Donor

The Cromer station had four motor-powered lifeboats all called ''H F Bailey'' after the donor, Henry Francis Bailey of

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, a

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merchant who was born in

and died in 1916.

Service and rescues

References

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